Display mount



y 1953 B. ABBOTT 2,638,299

DISPLAY MOUNT Filed May 7, 1948 IN V EN TOR. Berem'ce Abbot t ATTORNEYS The pres'ent invention relates .to. mounts-arid i ll lpaljtlllial to mounts for pictures, showcards, and other objects tobe displayed onfw'allsf in qshow windows and the like.

wall, or to a door, as of a show window, orto any; other supportpjaind u n which display article may be temporarily secured and presented to view in any of a considerable'variet'y of positions i A furth er object" provide a universal mount which may be readily adjusted without disturbing its attachment'to a fixdsurfacd'fso that an object supported by the-mountmay be ,pre'sentedto view in any of avariety. of planes,

and may then be secured in afiesired posiucn;

Another object is to proyida mua' mount to which an object tofbj displayed may be se- ..cured thereto with a minimum of'effort withoutthe use,of.-screws or other manipulatable p rt ,1 I, 1

o t fthe present invention is of p ticular use in photographersfand artshops for dis playing photographs and other pictures; and is --;equal1y.,usefu1 as a means for displaying. a

' or themountis not restrict'edtopbjects' of' isjheet- =lik'e wshapeialthough- -it is -specially suited; for supporting-' such'objects, as a particular ieature of the mount-is that a 'sheetlike object "carried thereonmaybe-presented to view at different angles with respect to a wall or other support to 'which'i the mountitself 'may' be permanently attached. s.

The mount' i'salso of use in the photographic art was; a means of supporting photographic printing pap r in. any .Qlie oiraryariety; of, pl n with respect to the axis of rays of light projected thereon for the purpose of obtaining a distorted print.

The mount comprises a base assembly from which a universally mounted stud protrudes, and a plate or table member secured to the outer end of the stud. The base assembly is adapted to be supported on a suitable surface; and the The A general object of the'finvention is; to prov} vide a novel, simple, inexpensive, and practicable imount. which may. be permanently attached to a .1311UNITED Y PATENT" 1 f' seize new UN ""fierenice A bbott, New York, N. Y}, assignor to I j .*'Hoilse'-of -1h6tography, Inc; New *York, 1N. Y2,

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The invention' willbe more fully understood 1 from the following description taken H together .withthe accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is .a' front view "or the base assembly of themo'u'nt;

Fig. 2 is thesectioriJZ-Z of Fig. 1'; I

3 is a rear, view of the' base assembly] of Fig. 4 is a side view ofthe mountinfdi'cating in dotted linesla vertical surface to which the mount maybe permanently attached and also part ,of a sheetl'ike object, e. g., a. mounted photoeraph, supported by the mount. 7

5' is ;an'e'levational view of a suitable extension eljement "by means of which an object supported bythe mount may be. disposed at a greater distancefrom the surface to which the Fig. 6.15; a front viewgon reduced scale,'of a plate or tableforming part of the 'mountfand ,to which an object supported thereby may be at iac f lgln the'form .ofthe invention" illustrated in the Idrawingfthe base assembly comprises four elel m ents whose cooperating relationship is shown in-. axial section inFig. 2. That portion of the assembly which, in use abuts a surface to which themount is more or. less permanently attached, is. ,a cylindricaljelement intone end of whichjis proyided withawide flange II. The flange H, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3 is provided with -a plurality Qf SCIGW OI' nailholes I242, by means of .which'tbejmount maybe attached. to a supportingf -'su1fface;l The element l0 maybe provided 10f. the ."flahgegl lg such .shoulder serving to with asho'ulder 13 adjacent to theiront surface tre 'isth ut e le nt t The el'ement;.llflf is recessed so 'asfto ,forrn v a deep annular chamber 14; the 'operation of forming the chamber It leaves a post I5, coaxial with the element 10 and with the chamber. The outer wall It of the chamber I4 is stepped back so that the height of post I5 is greater than that of such wall. See Fig. 2. The outer end of post I5 is provided with a depression l1, which is shown here to be conical, but which may be cup shaped is desired.

The outer wall It of the chamber M is provided with a tapped hole at It for a set screw I9 which is shown in Fig. l to have an enlarged knurled head to facilitate manipulation and also a slot for a screwdriver.

A sleeve 20 is slidably carried within the annular chamber it. The front end of the sleeve is provided with a diametric slot at 2| (see Figs. 1, 2, and 4). stantially equal in diameter to the post l5 from the rear end of the sleeve nearly to the front end thereof, where, at 22, the bore is of slightly reduced diameter. The sleeve 20 is provided with a circumferential groove 23 (see Fig. 2) near its rear end and so positioned that when the sleeve-the set screw l9 having been sufliciently retracted-is inserted into the chamber I4 until the sleeve strikes the bottom thereof the groove 23 is in register with the inner end 24 of the set screw.

Carried within the sleeve between the depression ll of post M and the constricted part of the bore of the sleeve at 22, as best illustrated in Fig. 2 is a ball 25 made integral with a stud 25 which latter protrudes beyond the sleeve and terminates with a threaded end 21. A flange 28 is provided on the stud 26 at the rear of the threaded end portion.

The groove 23 of the sleeve 20 is of curved or sector-like cross section and the end 24 of the set screw 19 is turned down so as to fit within the groove when the set screw I9 is driven tightly against the sleeve; however, when the set screw is slightly retracted, a small amount of axial movement of the sleeve may be had. Thus on release of the set screw the universally held ball 25 may be rotated and moved angularly within the slot 2| but when the sleeve is locked against the bottom of chamber H by the cam action of the advancing end 25 of the set screw IS the constricted portion of the bore acts as one jaw of a vise against the ball 25, the other jaw being the bottom of the depression I! of post I5, and serves to prevent movement of the ball. Thus the axis of the stud may be selectively disposed in any of a great variety of angular positions with respect to the base assembly, and then locked by means of set screw l9 against further movement.

The element [0 of the base assembly may be attached to a wall by means of screws or nails through the holes l2, l2; and, as an optional means for attaching the element In to a wall I provide near the top of flange II a bracket 29, of well known construction, which is secured to the rear side of the flange within a countersink (see Fig. 3) by means of screws 30, 30, and which serves as a guide for a nail 3| in the usual manner. Fig. 4 illustrates the mount attached to a. wall, the latter being indicated by a dotted line 32.

As a means for supporting a photograph, painting, print or other picture, Or other material to be displayed, there is provided a plate 33, which may be a disk, as shown in the drawing, or of other shape, having a boss 34 at its rear center, the boss having a tapped center bore suitable for receiving the threaded end 21 of the stud 26.

The bore of the sleeve 20 is sub-- The plate has a plurality of keyways 35, 35'

which may be, as shown, vertically arranged keyhole slots by means of which a picture or other object, such as 36 (in dotted lines in Fig. 4) hav ing headed studs 31, 31 fixed to the rear side, may be anchored to the plate 33. It will be obvious that any of a considerable variety of equivalent means for anchoring a picture or other object to the plate '33 may be used instead of the specific means illustrated.

Fig. 4 shows in solid lines one position, and in dotted lines another position of the plate 33 and stud 26.

Fig. 5 shows a fragmentary view of an extension element 38, one or more of which may be employed in connection with the mount for the purpose of increasing the efiective length of stud 26. At one end the element 38 is provided with a flared cup 39 internally threaded to receive the threaded end 21 of stud 26, and near the other end with a flange 40, the end portion 4| being threaded, the parted!) and 4| being respectively similar to parts 28 and 21 of stud 26. By employing one or more of these extension elements, the range of angular adjustment of the plate 33, and hence of the object supported by it can be increased to practically 360 degrees. If desired, a second diametric slot at right angles to the slot 2| may be provided to permit the plate 33 to be adjusted laterally in a plane at right angles to that of slot 2 I.

I claim:

A display mount comprising a cup-shaped base adapted to be attached to a support, said base having a coaxial post thereon, the outer end of said post being recessed, a plate for supporting an article to be displayed, means for disposing said plate at various angular positions with respect to said base and for locking said plate in such positions, said means comprising a rod rigidly attached to the rear of said plate and having a ball end fitted into the recess of said post, a cup surrounding said ball end and said post and fitted within said base, said cup being slotted to receive said rod in various angular positions thereof, said cup having a circumferential groove therearound, and a set screw threaded through the base and engaging said groove for the purpose of moving said cup axially against said ball as said set screw is tightened.

BERENICE ABBOTT.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 420,968 Seaman Feb. 11, 1890' 538,534 ONeill Apr. .30, 1895 698,272 Glover Apr. 22, 19.02

1,166,018 Soresi Dec. 8, 1915 2,012,941 Corron et al Sept. 3, 1935 2,167,014: Verderber July 25, 1939 2,439,009 Kujawski Apr. 6., 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 598,561 France May 22, 1925 

